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L. C. GLEASON. BELT FASTENER.

No. 306,740.- Patented Oct. 21, 1884.

WITNESSES INVBNTOR ATTORNEYS.

NITED STATES ATENT FFICE.

LOUIS C. GLEASON, OF TERRYVILLE, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO GLEASON 8EALLEN, OF SAME PLACE.

BELT-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 306,740, dated October21, 1884.

Application filed March 6, 188-1. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Louis 0. GLEASON, of Terryville, in the county ofLitchfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and ImprovedBelt-Fastener, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of my invention is to provide a belt-fastener easily appliedand reliable in use.

To this end inyinvention consists in ametal plate provided near eachlongitudinal edge with a row of punches adapted to be driven through theabutting ends of a belt, and to have the projecting ends of the saidpunches turned over and riveted down upon theopp0- site face of thebelt, as will be more fully described hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a perspective view of one of my belt-fasteners. Fig. 2 is aplan View of one of said fasteners, represented as applied upon two endsof a belt; and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the same 011 the line00 w in Fig. 2.

A indicates a rectangular metal plate, having projecting from one face,near its longitudinal edges, rows of punches B. The holes to extendthrough to the opposite face of the plate. These punches are madeslightly tapering upon the outside from the plate to their outer ends,as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, and the holes through the plate and punchesare made smooth and of a uniform diameter by boring out or reaming, bywhich operation, also, the end edges of the punches are made thin, toadapt the punches to easily cut through the substance of the belt inapplying the fastener.

' In use, the two ends C of a belt are placed together, resting upon ablock of wood. The belt-fastener is placed centrally over the point, andthen, with a blow from a hammer, the

punches'are driven through the material of the belt, the punches cuttingtheir own way, 5

and the cores cut from the belt passing up through the holes a, and .theplate is solidly seated upon the belt. The belt is then placed with theplate downward, and with a suitable tool the edges 1) of the punches areturned over and riveted down, whereby an annular rim is formed bearingupon the belt, as shown in Fig. 3, holding the fastener firmly to place,and securing the ends of the belt securely together.

The fastener may be made of any suitable metal, but preferably ofmalleable iron, and will be made in sizes to suit different widths ofbelting, and may be constructed in any suit-- able manner.

Vith this fastener the belt is not unduly weakened, the hold of the sameupon the material of the belt is greatly increased by the turned-overedges b, and the liability to tear away is very much lessened.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. A belt-fastener consisting of a plate ofmetal provided with one or more rows of hollow punches adapted to bedriven through the belt ends, and the edges of the punches then turneddown upon the belt, substantially as herein shown.

2. In a belt-fastener,the combination, with the metal plate, of a seriesof hollow punches of tapering form, substantially as herein shown anddescribed.

The combination, with the belt 0, of the metal plate A and punches B,thesaid punches having their ends Z) turned over upon the belt,substantially as shown. I

LOUIS C. GLEASON. XVitnesses: EDGAR TATE, N. S. \VALKER.

